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Daniel S Member Joined: 24 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 4  View other posts by Daniel S |
Posted: 24 Mar 2005 I have a book written by a naturalist called gerald durrell, it has a small part about keeping tadpoles and experiments with them, one of the experiments is to add a few drops of iodine to the water tank or whatever you use to keep them in it apparently speeds up growth, is this true? Daniel S |
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tomj Member Joined: 18 Jun 2006 No. of posts: 4 View other posts by tomj |
Posted: 18 Jun 2006 iodine is a die int it? ~ i love my lizard ~ |
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448 View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 19 Jun 2006 As I understand it, adding iodine speeds up metamorphosis, rather than growth. So adding iodine would probably make the tadpoles leave the water at a smaller size. This is because the hormone thyroxine, which is involved in metamorphosis, contains iodine. Increased iodine in the diet apparently increases production of thyroxine. I wouldn't recommend it for producing healthy froglets, though... |
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